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Points: 13382 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 04 2012 at 10:45
Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

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Points: 4287 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 04 2012 at 09:52
Prog is not 1 genre, is many, sounds to me more relevant to look for early prog albums within each genre 
Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours
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Points: 296 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 04 2012 at 09:39
Nothing happens in a vacuum, and no one band is probably fully responsible for the emergence of prog-rock in the late 60s/early 70s, however, when one takes into consideration the enormous popularity of the Beatles at that time, you would have to consider that an more experimental release, like Sgt. Pepper, must have had an enormous impact on the musicians of the day.  Likewise, I'm sure the Beatles were listening to other bands, like early Floyd, in the London scene.  I suppose, one can't dismiss the effect that LSD was also having with musicians of that period.
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Points: 3126 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 04 2012 at 08:39
You have to do a lot of investigation/research into the history of other bands and sum it up for yourself. You have to observe any change of band members and also taking notice of exactly what specific time period a particular band changed to progressive in the mid or late 60's. Piper At the Gates Of Dawn should at least be considered one of the first prog albums. I believe the album created "Space Rock". The songs were sometimes like "insane children's songs"  and it contained space rock jams. I'm not sure what year it was released but "Music In A  Doll's House" by Family was very different. I would still have to speculate that the Beatles influenced them all. Check to see what year Days of Future Passed was released. It's revolting to try and figure out who got there first, and if you observe what was revolving around the Beatles during that period in time you might get a "when all is said and done, eat me" kind of answer.
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 04 2012 at 07:41
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Points: 296 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 04 2012 at 07:35
It pre-dates ITCOTKC and has all the classic prog attributes including mellotron, harmonies, studio pastiches, orchestral parts, odd song juxtapositions.
 
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